We got our second cutting from our field last week and the wildfires are starting to really kick up and the sky is smoky, the sun is eerily red and it smells so bad we can't open our windows at night. It has gotten so bad this week the forestry/wild land fire officials have closed Hwy. 12 from Lolo, which is only 15 miles from our house. We have friends that may be evacuated and we just pray that everyone is kept safe - especially those battling the blaze. Jeff is praying that he gets called out to one of the multiple wildfires going on around us.
This is what we do when we don't have a tractor, truck or trailer. We improvise - or 'Bitterroot' it. We put an 8 year old behind the wheel of a small sedan put it in first gear and use a heavy duty rope to tow a long sled made of pallets with hay bales stacked on them to take them to our shed so we can feed our cow for the winter. I'm just glad we don't have to move pipe twice a day. And yes, that is Phaelen on top of the stack of hay getting a free ride.
Here is Ember with her most recent hair cut and she is finally looking much more brown and grown up. We are still working with her. Now that we've had her longer than we had Gachet we are learning that it is going to be a while longer until she starts acting a little more grown up. Such is the life with an Airedale Terrier - goofy and persistent until they're middle aged. We love her still and can't wait until she gets to play in the snow with us this winter.
